Los Angeles International in November 2024

86.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 15,759 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 15,742 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 85.4% of the time (15,760 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LAX in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.0%	86.8%	79.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.1%	86.9%	79.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	8.5 min	15.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	525	525	521	19,180
Scheduled departures	15,759	15,742	190,106	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,179	20%	86.2%	0.1 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,936	19%	90.4%	-8.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	2,445	16%	86.5%	-1.4 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	2,378	15%	85.1%	-4.2 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,049	13%	88.8%	-4.8 min	0.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	896	6%	88.4%	-6.4 min	0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	712	5%	85.5%	-2.7 min	0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	565	4%	93.3%	-18.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	337	2%	66.2%	17.4 min	0.9%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	181	1%	86.2%	-8.0 min	0.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	56	0%	92.9%	-10.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	0%	88.0%	1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	1,045	70.9%	14.4 min	0.8%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	844	94.2%	-18.3 min	0.0%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	803	84.7%	2.2 min	0.0%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	661	86.2%	2.0 min	0.0%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	658	85.0%	-4.4 min	0.6%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	588	88.8%	-5.8 min	0.2%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	563	81.9%	4.4 min	1.4%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	534	86.0%	-4.8 min	0.4%
LAX–SJC	Los Angeles to San Jose	496	88.7%	-2.5 min	0.2%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	463	90.5%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	451	90.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
LAX–ATL	Los Angeles to Atlanta	440	83.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	36.9%	48,571
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	35.6%	46,553
National Aviation System	21.7%	21.9%	28,045
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.4%	6,115
Security	0.1%	0.2%	179

129,463 delay minutes on 1,958 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LAX on time in November 2024?

86.0% of 15,759 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.8% of 15,742 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAX · methodology · corrections.